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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Washington rates for HCPCS 86152

A laboratory test that counts a particular type of cell in a fluid sample by using antibodies to pick those cells out and identify them. A common use is counting tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream. The count can be tracked over time to follow how a disease is behaving.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $398 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$224 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$263 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $251 to $912Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $141 to $513
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $234

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,659.59
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$446.68

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Vermont than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington· 19th of 51

$275

VT $692DC $186

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.